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Colorado Rapids defender Steven Beitashour reflects on 300th career MLS game: “I was close to falling through the cracks”

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

COMMERCE CITY — Steven Beitashour spent most of his soccer career being counted out.Thus, it felt almost true to form that within days of the Rapids defender reaching a significant milestone by appearing in his 300th MLS game, his accomplishment was quickly set aside by another player in his mid-30s stealing the league’s headlines.Still, on the same week Lionel Messi announced his intention to play in MLS this summer, the Rapids made sure to shower the 36-year-old veteran with praise.“‘All of the defenders in our locker room should realize what a gem they have in him. ‘Beita’, to me, has some of the best defending instincts of anyone I’ve ever seen. He knows how to smell danger before it even happens and because of that, he’s made this fantastic career,” said head coach Robin Fraser, an MLS lifer who’s been part of the league since its inception and coached him for seven seasons.“… If you can teach Beita’s mentality, that’s...

Bruce Brown’s career-defining night comes in same city where Jim Larrañaga gave him his pregame ritual

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

MIAMI — If time is running out on the Nuggets’ symbiotic relationship with Bruce Brown, at least they’ll always have a special place reserved in his pregame routine.Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Finals, where else but the city he was taught the ritual, belongs in the highlight reel rotation from now on. It will forever inspire comfort and confidence.In autumn of 2017, Brown was slumping. It was his second year at the University of Miami, where his responsibilities were heightened as the team’s top returning scorer. He wasn’t meeting expectations early on. A shooting drought had ripple effects on his aggressiveness. Coach Jim Larrañaga took notice and offered Brown a solution. Not X’s and O’s advice, though.“All he told me to do was go watch some highlights,” Bruce told The Post, smiling in a Miami Hurricanes ballcap. “He told me to watch my highlights.”To this day, Brown pulls up videos of his own highlights to gas himself up befo...

Pickup truck strikes woman, teen girl in downtown Los Angeles

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

Two people were hospitalized after being struck by a pickup truck in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.The victims were identified as a girl about 14-15 years old and a woman in her 50s, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Officers responded to an auto-ped crash on the 900 block of South San Pedro Street near the Flower District around 9:42 a.m.Police discovered the truck had jumped a curb and struck the two victims while they were standing on the sidewalk. The vehicle took out a nearby chainlink fence as well. 30,000 gallons of raw sewage spills near L.A. County beach Two females were injured after a pickup truck struck the victims on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles on June 10, 2023. (KTLA)Two females were injured after a pickup truck struck the victims on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles on June 10, 2023. (KTLA)Two females were injured after a pickup truck struck the victims on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles on June 10, 2023. (Citizen)Two females were inj...

Athletics win fourth straight, beat Brewers 2-1 in 10 innings

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

For the time being, the Athletics have thrown it into reverse.A well-placed RBI single by Aledmys Diaz put the A’s up 2-1 in the top of the 10th inning Saturday and Sam Long closed it out against the host Milwaukee Brewers for their fourth straight victory and second straight series win.The A’s improved to 16-50, have a chance to sweep the Brewers (34-31) Sunday and come home with a a 5-4 record on their longest road trip of the season — one that began with four straight losses.The A’s hadn’t won four straight games since 2021 under Bob Melvin, never winning that many in a row at any time in last year’s 102-loss season.The Athletics got six shutout innings from Paul Blackburn, who looked like the guy who pitched a scoreless inning in the All-Star game a year ago before his season went south due to injuries and dealt with middle finger issues most of this season.The bullpen made just one mistake — an 0-1 grooved slider by Richard Lovelady tha...

Contra Costa: Man accused of serial indecent exposure appeared to target Monte Vista High School, police say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

DANVILLE — On the morning of last March 13, a 17-year-old Monte Vista High School student had just parked her car on campus and was walking to class when she heard a man’s voice say, “Hi.”When the she turned, the girl saw a pants-less adult male, sitting in a four-door sedan, and very obviously masturbating in front of her. After a few seconds she overcame her shock and headed into school, then wasted no time to call police.Over the next 10 days, police not only identified a suspect, but linked him to several other similar indecent exposure incidents in Walnut Creek and Berkeley. When he was arrested, police say his phone showed a strong indicator that he’d driven to Danville looking to expose himself to a child: he allegedly searched for Monte Vista High School on Google Maps just eight minutes before the 17-year-old was accosted.The suspect, identified in court records as 40-year-old Monroe Lebeau III, was charged May 26 with six counts of indecent ex...

History made as Arcangelo captures Belmont Stakes

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

NEW YORK — Arcangelo took the lead at the top of the stretch and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, making Jena Antonucci the first female trainer to win the race in its 155 years.After the horse crossed the finish line, Antonucci doubled over and rested her arm and her head on the back of a chair. She kissed the horse on the nose when it returned to the area in front of the winner’s circle.Arcangelo finished the 1 1/2-mile race in 2:29.23 and by 1 1/2 lengths in front of favored Fotre, with Tapit Trice third.“I give all the credit to the horse,” said jockey Javier Castello, who rode Mage to victory in the Kentucky Derby and got this mount when that colt did not run in the Belmont. “This is a wonderful horse. I’m really happy for her, you know, she’s a really good woman. She’s a good horseman.”The heart-warming victory put a positive note on a Triple Crown series marred by deaths of horses at Churchill Downs in the weeks around the Kentucky Derby and another on Preakness day ...

Florida clinches College World Series bid; No. 1 Wake Forest, Virginia post wins in super regionals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

Florida was the first team to clinch a spot in the College World Series, Wake Forest moved within a win of becoming the first No. 1 national seed to make the final eight of the NCAA Tournament since 2018 and Virginia forced a winner-take-all game in its super regional.The No. 2 Gators got a career-best performance from Hurston Waldrep and finished a two-game sweep of Southeastern Conference rival South Carolina with a 4-0 win Saturday. They’ll make their 13th appearance in the CWS — which begins Friday in Omaha, Nebraska — and eighth in 16 seasons under Kevin O’Sullivan.Wake Forest opened its best-of-three super regional with a 5-4 win over Alabama and can lock up its first CWS bid with another victory Sunday. There hasn’t been a top national seed in Omaha since Florida in 2018.Virginia set a school super regional record for runs in a 14-4 victory over Duke to even the series.Super regional games Saturday night: Texas at Stanford, Tennessee at Southern Mississippi,...

NHRA New England Nationals Results

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

SaturdayAt New Emgland DragwayBristol, Tenn/Final finish orderTop FuelJustin Ashley, 3.846 seconds, 324.12 mph def. Tony Schumacher, 3.835 seconds, 323.66 mph.Funny CarBob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 4.032, 322.96 def. John Force, Chevy Camaro, 4.085, 320.51.Final ResultsTop Fuel Clay Millican, 3.801 seconds, 328.94 mph def. Josh Hart, 3.808 seconds, 324.28 mph.Funny CarTim Wilkerson, Ford Mustang, 3.966, 325.14 def. Ron Capps, Toyota Supra, 4.110, 261.83.Final round-by-round resultsTop FuelFirst Round Steve Torrence, 3.753, 329.10 def. Austin Prock, 3.787, 326.08; Antron Brown, 12.919, 78.93 was unopposed; Brittany Force, 3.747, 334.48 def. Josh Hart, 4.201, 202.85; Tony Schumacher, 3.797, 323.58 def. Shawn Langdon, 3.846, 316.82; Leah Pruett, 3.745, 322.42 def. Doug Kalitta, 3.764, 319.22; Justin Ashley, 3.755, 327.74 def. Dan Mercier, 3.768, 317.72; Mike Salinas, 3.762, 327.35 def. Clay Millican, 3.888, 271.79; QuarterfinalsAshley, 4.097, 255.92 def. Force, 4.322, 274.05; Torrence, ...

Hurston Waldrep’s 13 K’s help Florida beat South Carolina 4-0, advance to CWS

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

Hurston Waldrep had 13 strikeouts over eight scoreless innings, Colby Halter had three RBIs and Florida beat South Carolina 4-0 Saturday to sweep the best-of-3 Gainesville Super Regional and advance to the College World Series. Florida (50-15), which has won five games in a row, earned its first CWS berth since making four straight trips to Omaha from 2015-18. Waldrep (9-3), who had his sixth game this season with at least 10 strikeouts, gave up just three hits. Josh Rivera went 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI for the Gators and BT Riopelle, who went 0 for 2, walked twice and scored twice. South Carolina (42-21) swept three regular games against the Gators in the regular season by a combined score of 25-10 but managed just four runs in back-to-back losses at the super regional. The Gamecocks had just one runner move beyond first base, when Ethan Petry reached and advanced to second on an error in the bottom of the fourth before back-to-back groundouts ended the inning. The start of...

Arcangelo wins Belmont Stakes to make Jena Antonucci 1st female trainer to win a Triple Crown race

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:57:50 GMT

A giant tribute statue of Secretariat stands on the grounds for spectators to browse as the track celebrates the 50th anniversary of the horse's record-setting win ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)(AP/John Minchillo) A giant tribute statue of Secretariat stands on the grounds for spectators to browse as the track celebrates the 50th anniversary of the horse's record-setting win ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)(AP/John Minchillo) NEW YORK (AP) — Arcangelo took the lead at the top of the stretch and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, makin...